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United States Patent | 5,687,915 |
Schmitz ,   et al. | November 18, 1997 |
A trigger assembly comprising a handle through which there passes an axial duct and a spray mouth through which there passes an outlet passage. The posterior frontal face of the spray mouth and the anterior frontal face of the handle are surfaces with complimentary curvatures so that the spray mouth and the handle can pivot with respect to each other, against the action of elastic means, towards an open position in which the passage of the spray mouth and the duct of the handle are aligned with one another and, under the action of elastic means, towards the closed position in which the duct and the passage are not aligned with each other.
Inventors: | Schmitz; Jean-Claude (Heisdorf, LU); Kerger; Leon (Helmdange, LU) |
Assignee: | Luxembourg Patent Company, S.A. (Luxembourg, LU) |
Appl. No.: | 444434 |
Filed: | May 19, 1995 |
May 31, 1994[LU] | 88 489 |
Current U.S. Class: | 239/530; 239/576 |
Intern'l Class: | B05B 009/08 |
Field of Search: | 239/525,530,579,587.1,576,587.5,588 222/513,517,533,556,558 |
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Foreign Patent Documents | |||
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